The PennLive high school football team has five burning questions for the District 3 playoffs that need answered.

Question 1: What was the top individual performance from the opening round?

EPLER: While I immediately thought of Lower Dauphin RB Dalton Yentsch and Penn Manor RB Charles Bell, I settled on Exeter Twp. QB Chase Yocum. Obviously, the 12th-seeded Eagles rode in on a hot streak, winning three straight, but most believed fifth-seeded Central York would advance to the quarterfinals.

Yocum, however, had other plans and really proved his value as a duel-threat quarterback. In hostile territory, too. At Central York HS, Yocum completed 10 of 20 pass attempts for 212 yards and two scores. In addition, the 6-0 junior gobbled up 110 rushing yards and his third TD, a 43-yard fourth-quarter scamper that iced the victory.

That's 322 of Exeter's 487 total yards against a Central York program that only dropped hard-fought battles to No. 2 Cumberland Valley and No. 10 Hempfield this season.

SHAY: Penn Manor RB Charles Bell was named our Top Producer for a reason. And that was clearly evident in the Comets’ come-from-behind 35-34 triumph over Cedar Cliff. It wasn’t his 210 total yards and four touchdowns that landed him on the top of my list. Rather, it was how Bell delivered in those tight spots that made all the difference.

In the first quarter on third-and-goal from the 8, Bell lined up in the Wildcat. You knew where the ball was going, and Bell scored. The 32-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter on fourth-and-17 was all Bell. He caught the ball a good eight yards shy of the first down.

Finally on the winning touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, Penn Manor faced first-and-17 from the Colts’ 23. Four straight times Bell carried the rock. Runs of 9, 5, 6 and 3 completed the comeback with less than 4 minutes to play.